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To analyze the state of injected carrier streams of different electron sources, we propose to use correlation measurements at a quantum point contact with the different sources connected via chiral edge states to the two inputs. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-21 Michael Moskalets , Markus Büttiker

We have studied experimentally and theoretically the influence of electron-electron collisions on the propagation of electron beams in a two-dimensional electron gas for excess injection energies ranging from zero up to the Fermi energy. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Predel , H. Buhmann , L. W. Molenkamp , R. N. Gurzhi , A. N. Kalinenko , A. I. Kopeliovich , A. V. Yanovsky

We analyze the current and the shot-noise of an electron interferometer made of the helical edge states of a two-dimensional topological insulator within the framework of non-equilibrium Green's functions formalism. We study in detail…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-18 Bruno Rizzo , Liliana Arrachea , Michael Moskalets

We propose atom interferometers based on quantum droplet (QD), which is also being reported as a superior platform for interferometry. The emphasis has been given to harmonic-oscillator (HO) or ring-shaped potentials. In the HO trap, a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-11-17 Sriganapathy Raghav , Boris Malomed , Utpal Roy

Engineering quantum particle systems, such as quantum simulators and quantum cellular automata, relies on full coherent control of quantum paths at the single particle level. Here we present an atom interferometer operating with single…

In this paper, we have estimated the temperature dependent path predictability for an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The increment of path predictability can directly be associated with stronger decoherence process. We have also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-29 Samyadeb Bhattacharya , Sisir Roy

We consider tunneling between two edges of Quantum Hall liquids (QHL) of filling factors $\nu_{0,1}=1/(2 m_{0,1}+1)$, with $m_0 \geq m_1\geq 0$, through two point contacts forming Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Quasi-particle description of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-08-15 Vadim V. Ponomarenko , Dmitri V. Averin

A new type of quantum entangled interferometer was recently realized that employs parametric amplifiers as the wave splitting and recombination elements. The quantum entanglement stems from the parametric amplifiers, which produce quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-21 Z. Y. Ou , Xiaoying Li

We report measurements of the real and imaginary parts of the AC conductivity in the quantum limit, \hbar \omega > k_B T of insulating nominally uncompensated n-type silicon. The observed frequency dependence shows evidence for a crossover…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 N. P. Armitage , E. Helgren , G. Gruner

We present a scheme for high sensitivity charge detection in the integer quantum Hall regime using two point contacts in a series. The setup is an electronic analog of an optical Fabry-Perot interferometer. We show that for small…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. K. Pathak , Kicheon Kang

We calculate the Coulomb scattering amplitude for two electrons injected with opposite momenta in an interacting 2DEG. We include the effect of the Fermi liquid background by solving the 2D Bethe-Salpeter equation for the two-particle Green…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. S. Saraga , B. L. Altshuler , Daniel Loss , R. M. Westervelt

Pairing of electrons is ubiquitous in electronic systems featuring attractive inter-electron interactions, as exemplified in superconductors. Counter-intuitively, it can also be mediated in certain circumstances by the repulsive Coulomb…

We use a cooled Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) to electron motion in nanoscale devices. The charged tip of the SPM is raster scanned at a constant height above the surface as the conductance of the device is measured. The image charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Sagar Bhandari , Gil-Ho Lee , Philip Kim , Robert M. Westervelt

A fabrication method for electronic quantum Hall Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPI) is presented. Our method uses a combination of e-beam lithography and low-damage dry-etching to produce the FPIs and minimize the excitation of charged traps…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-10 Sanghun An , Simas Glinskis , Woowon Kang , Leo Ocola , Loren Pfeiffer , Ken West , Kirk Baldwin

We report the detection of spin interference signal in an Aharonov-Bohm type interferometer with quantum dots on the conduction paths. We have found that resonators like quantum dots can work as efficient spin rotators. The interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-01 Yu Iwasaki , Yoshiaki Hashimoto , Taketomo Nakamura , Shingo Katsumoto

A trapped atom interferometer involving state-selective adiabatic potentials with two microwave frequencies on a chip is proposed. We show that this configuration provides a way to achieve a high degree of symmetry between the two arms of…

We study quantum Hall interferometers in which the interference loop encircles a quantum anti-dot. We base our study on thermodynamic considerations, which we believe reflect the essential aspects of interference transport phenomena. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 Sarah Levy Schreier , Ady Stern , Bernd Rosenow , Bertrand. I. Halperin

In the present work we explore electron transport properties through a quantum interferometer attached symmetrically to two one-dimensional semi-infinite metallic electrodes, namely, source and drain. The interferometer is made up of two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-03 Santanu K. Maiti

In interferometers, the more information about the quanta's path available in an ancillary quantum system (AQS), the less visibility the interference has. By use of Shannon entropy, we try to compare the amount of which-phase information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Soroush Khademi , Ali Reza Bahrampour

We measure the resistance oscillation of quantum point contact (QPC) under microwave (MW) radiation. What is different from the common resistance oscillation induced by edge magnetoplasmon (EMP) is that at lower magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-05 Xinghao Wang , Wenfeng Zhang , Rui-Rui Du , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. Baldwin , K. W. West